Brazil Is One Of The Few Truly Independent Countries In The Worldhttp://www.businessinsider.com/the-luckiest-people-on-the-planet-2012-12/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:38:05 -0500Simon Blackhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c80b626bb3f79f1c000001DJ AgudeloTue, 11 Dec 2012 23:43:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c80b626bb3f79f1c000001
There are several reasons why Brazil needs to rely on other countries which are not mentioned or rather ignored here. One of them, perhaps the most conspicuous, is football (soccer). Brazil could not be 5-times world cup winner unless it had played and beaten other countries.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c79c806bb3f73449000003Booty JuiceTue, 11 Dec 2012 15:50:08 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c79c806bb3f73449000003
Simon, you're a bloated, bloviating bullshitter.
You know it's true.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c78e70ecad047143000017S. BrownTue, 11 Dec 2012 14:50:08 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c78e70ecad047143000017
Hello, this is Simon Brown,
I’m the Austin Powers dude that thinks he's James Bond, telling you to get Mongolian bank accounts, Singapore passports and go on the prowl in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Remember me? :)
I just completed a series of meetings with my partners and then had dinner in some exclusive restaurant with some international bankers and successful young entrepreneurs full of dynamism. We were discussing about planting-flags-and-opening-bank-accounts about everywhere. We all agreed about how the US sucks and how I need to collect as many passports as possible before I get nailed by the IRS. Even that probably won’t suffice though, so I’m carefully always using my pen name.
I had a great time over the last five days in Peru, Guatemala, Estonia, Swaziland, Laos, Tasmania and Finland. I setup a few businesses there and opened bank accounts in currencies that are so much worth owning than the US dollar or Euro. The opportunities are so great over there. Nevermind that the elites of those countries all want a US passport, all send their children at school there and all come to the US for medical treatment…
Nevermind also that the US stock market still consistently outperforms most other – regulated - stock markets, year in, year out. I can conveniently ignore those facts. After all, my purpose is not to deliver actual useful information but to „play the white man“ (although I’m just a swarthy little Jew with a rat's face) in all those developping countries and feel good about myself. I’d also need you to believe that you need such an adventurer as my own self to „put boots on the ground“ (yeah!!) to find such priceless information as the local weather, food and drink, basic market analysis, interest rates or GDP growth numbers.
The cynicals will probably point out that international travel and landing anywhere in the world is not half the adventure it was only 30 years ago with no internet, no smartphones, no internet forums and online guides that already explain it all for you, no discount airlines, no English commonly spoken, no ATMs and international franchises in every corner. But at least I want the few rednecks in Texas who want to relocate their ranch to Costa Rica to think so and then subscribe to my overpriced website. So please STFU.
I love the diversity of people, but I like it better in a well-managed place like Singapore, where the «diverse» population stays in their place and where I can feel that I’m the shit with little effort! This is also where many hypocritical Anglos from the US, Britain and Australia are finding a refuge these days after years of pretending they just loved Blacks, Muslims and Hispanics in their home country – until they finally managed to get out… The Singapore Changi airport is choke full of them these days. You can see all the fake, fat and loud Anglo mammas hugging each other in the midst of the stoic Singaporean crowd, and in private conversations you will quickly find out what they really think about «diversity». But that’s off topic.
You’ve probably realized by now that most of my articles are pretty empty of actual content and may be wondering what then is the source of my excitment and enthusiasm over all this „international travel“ thing and what is so much better than in Farangland? That’s right. You’ve guessed it: it’s so much easier over there with all those chicas, cheap Slavic women and Asian girls than with the women back home! But shhhhht…! ;) People may mistake me for the self-serving creep I am.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c78e286bb3f7732c000019Simon BrownTue, 11 Dec 2012 14:48:56 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c78e286bb3f7732c000019
If that pathetic cockroach Simon Black was so genuinely happy in life, running around from one developping country every few days to another like a headless chicken and doing "wonderful business deals" at the snap of his fingers, then why is he so bent on preaching his "US dominance is over" gospel (with always the same couple of arguments)? lol. If I really did believe in that stuff and lived the high life then I wouldn't even bother trying to convince others about it, and even less repeat the same things over and over on my blog... nor trying to live off subscriptions to outdated "offshore banking loopholes" that have either been known forever or will be closed next year.
It's been 3 years or more that this guy posts some short article about this and that developping nation which is so great because they are finally reaching some 1980s-level of development and see the emergence of a middle class... Yeah the US has been through a financial crisis but it's a country that has the ability to reinvent itself as often as needed nd the US debt issue will be over much sooner than we think (I won't get into that here). Bottom line, SImon Black is a huckster and a moron.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c78919eab8eaf44600001aSimon Brown, Sovereign CreepTue, 11 Dec 2012 14:27:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c78919eab8eaf44600001a
Hello, this is Simon Brown,
I’m the Austin Powers dude that thinks he's James Bond, telling you to get Mongolian bank accounts, Singapore passports and go on the prowl in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Remember me? :)
I just completed a series of meetings with my partners and then had dinner in some exclusive restaurant with some international bankers and successful young entrepreneurs full of dynamism. We were discussing about planting-flags-and-opening-bank-accounts about everywhere. We all agreed about how the US sucks and how I need to collect as many passports as possible before I get nailed by the IRS. Even that probably won’t suffice though, so I’m carefully always using my pen name.
I had a great time over the last five days in Peru, Guatemala, Estonia, Swaziland, Laos, Tasmania and Finland. I setup a few businesses there and opened bank accounts in currencies that are so much worth owning than the US dollar or Euro. The opportunities are so great over there. Nevermind that the elites of those countries all want a US passport, all send their children at school there and all come to the US for medical treatment…
Nevermind also that the US stock market still consistently outperforms most other – regulated - stock markets, year in, year out. I can conveniently ignore those facts. After all, my purpose is not to deliver actual useful information but to „play the white man“ (although I’m just a swarthy little Jew with a rat's face) in all those developping countries and feel good about myself. I’d also need you to believe that you need such an adventurer as my own self to „put boots on the ground“ (yeah!!) to find such priceless information as the local weather, food and drink, basic market analysis, interest rates or GDP growth numbers.
The cynicals will probably point out that international travel and landing anywhere in the world is not half the adventure it was only 30 years ago with no internet, no smartphones, no internet forums and online guides that already explain it all for you, no discount airlines, no English commonly spoken, no ATMs and international franchises in every corner. But at least I want the few rednecks in Texas who want to relocate their ranch to Costa Rica to think so and then subscribe to my overpriced website. So please STFU.
I love the diversity of people, but I like it better in a well-managed place like Singapore, where the «diverse» population stays in their place and where I can feel that I’m the shit with little effort! This is also where many hypocritical Anglos from the US, Britain and Australia are finding a refuge these days after years of pretending they just loved Blacks, Muslims and Hispanics in their home country – until they finally managed to get out… The Singapore Changi airport is choke full of them these days. You can see all the fake, fat and loud Anglo mammas hugging each other in the midst of the stoic Singaporean crowd, and in private conversations you will quickly find out what they really think about «diversity». But that’s off topic.
You’ve probably realized by now that most of my articles are pretty empty of actual content and may be wondering what then is the source of my excitment and enthusiasm over all this „international travel“ thing and what is so much better than in Farangland? That’s right. You’ve guessed it: it’s so much easier over there with all those chicas, cheap Slavic women and Asian girls than with the women back home! But shhhhht…! ;) People may mistake me for the self-serving creep I am.
Personally, even though my international businesses are all doing so great, it always feels exhilarating when I can save a couple hundred dollars on medical treatment in Bangkok or Mumbai, get a steak for half-price in Uruguay, or pay 3$ for a noodle soup in Vietnam. But I have such huge affective and validation needs, understand it’s not only about the price but mostly about the bragging :) .
Yesderday I was in Moscow but had to leave in a hurry because I was trying to dine-with-international-bankers-and-successful-young-entrepreneurs-about-planting-flags-and-putting-boots-everywhere-like-a-headless-chicken, but then they all told me they really didn’t like my cheeky mug and shitty advice at all and were probably getting some guys to kick my loud-mouthed huckster’s ass… By the way, Aeroflot is such a huge discount, I’m sure you didn’t know that one also, eh?
Today I’m in Tokyo but I don’t like it here. People have honesty and work ethics and are to busy doing actual work to pay attention to my continuous babbling :( I attempted to „infiltrate networks“ here, but to now avail. They called me arrogant monkey (or so I understood). Who do they think they are? Just because they are a thousands-years civilization and can manage nuclear catastrophes without any external help doesn’t mean they don’t need my extraordinary entrepreneurial skills and some seminars on how to be a self-aggrandizing „international“ smartass like myself.
I think this country is going downhill fast and they need to open up to immigration so that any little moron like me could apply for citzenship, then brag about it online and in the airport lounges. I hate Japan, I really hope one day they also get submerged by Third World immigration and that it becomes a shithole like the rest of the West. By then I will eventually be welcome as well. Too bad for me, they have such pretty girls over there… In the meantime I will invest my money in the Philippines where there are plenty of people who will appreciate my true value… People in the Philippines are so much more open and tolerant of „international business“! No doubt this country will take off like a rocket and leave Japan, Germany and America in the dust. Make no mistake about it.
I have to leave you now, because tomorrow I will be busy putting my boots on the ground in Morocco, Mexico, Somalia, Brunei and Khazakstan. All great places to do business and plant flags! Like starting a KFC franchise, or opening a bank account, for example. I will probably meet some other delusional fucks of my sort there and get the red carpet treatment from the girls and the local bankers after a bit of bluff. I’m used to it. Please check my „infiltrating networks“ ebook, you’ll have a good laugh on how I do it. Don’t try this in developped countries or real banking centers like Switzerland or Liechtenstein however, because it won’t work and you will be ridiculed and shown the door.
Of course all that stuff gets old after a while and nothing beats getting my usual cheap thrills in South East Asia :) This is where I feel at my best. Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos are places where I realy feel like I’m the boss and get all the respect that I deserve. Personally, I'm so glad I discovered at age 40 that there is a whole world out of Kansas and Maryland, even if that’s 20 or 30 years after all the Eurotrash drifters and sex tourists started flocking to the same destinations, then started to find new ways to make a living abroad to stay there forever and that was how the whole „sovereign-international-yada-yada“ stuff was actually born.
Some dudes on welfare from Manchester living in Pattaya told me how they knew just as much as I do about „international living“ by simply asking Uncle Google and checking actual trustworthy and long-established websites such as Escape Artist, Bye Bye Big Brother or David McGregor’s Sovereign Life website (I shamelessly copied the latter’s name and concept), but don’t believe a word of this. They called me a self-serving prankster and wanted to introduce me to Thai boxing, then drop me in front of the loal FBI office, so I quickly left for greener pastures… The world is such an exciting place!
Anyway, the entrepreneurial spirit in Pattaya is great and the ambience is so uplifting. This is exclusively the reason why I went there about 12 times during the last 2 years. Don’t let a few bad apples give you a bad impression of the place…
Now, want to join my exclusive club of internationally-minded-successful-business people? We’re fishing tuna in Panama or sardine in Portugal this week-end, patting each other in the back with my partners of the Atlas 400 club (for sure, an exciting activity, totally unlike fishing salmon in Alaska, where even the fish probably has RFID chips) and some international-bankers-and-successful-young-entrepreneurs-full-of-dynamism. We will be discussing about planting-flags and putting-boots-on-the-ground…
I had to filter the comments on my blog because more and more readers were poking fun at me and astutely exposing how full of shit I am. But comments are still allowed for now on Business Insider and I’ve become a laughing stock over there. I think I have to speak with my oh-so-good-friend the owner of Business Insider (I need friends so bad…) in order to put an end to this… That will probably be another good pretex to have one more „important meeting“ and make some „exhausting negociations“ over a rooftop dinner in Hong Kong… I’ll keep you updated on how it turns out.
Until next time,
Simon Brown,
International Smartass & Sovereign Creephttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c787af69bedd930f000001filladilyTue, 11 Dec 2012 14:21:19 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c787af69bedd930f000001
Muhahaha, everything has been opened up for "infrastructure works" and nothing is actually being done and none of it is going to be finished in time for the World Cup 2014.
Welcome to Brasil -- bring you own transportation!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c74c196bb3f70b32000001FERNANDOTue, 11 Dec 2012 10:07:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c74c196bb3f70b32000001
I just find it funny this qoute ''They have their own movies, their own music, their own celebrity obsessions'' It s just like we were from another universe! lolhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c743b6ecad041433000028RealistMeTue, 11 Dec 2012 09:31:18 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c743b6ecad041433000028
I'm not saying Brazil is superior to the US, not at all. What I am saying however is that the US has seen better days, we're going down the wrong path, our freedoms once fought and died for are now willingly given away for shallow promises made by temporary politicians. And also the American people are so distracted by reality tv, what some politician said to another politician or how he/she 'looked' when they said it, to realize that both parties are carrying us toward the same destination.
If you can't see any of this then you've already drank the poison that is American Propaganda.
Oh and I am an American, born and raised.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c7432cecad045a3500000cAndré Kenji De SousaTue, 11 Dec 2012 09:29:00 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c7432cecad045a3500000c
Brazil has high SALES taxes because Income and Property taxes are relatively low. And because things like people retiring with full pay with 50 years of age REQUIRES high taxes.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c73e216bb3f7c017000009magnatorTue, 11 Dec 2012 09:07:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c73e216bb3f7c017000009
I live in Brazil and what can I say about this country.
We got extremely high taxes on virtually anything we buy from a cellphone to a car except a few very basic daily need products, bureaucracy is annoying and the system is archaic.
To import anything is also annoying because it's normal to have to wait 30 days+.
Corruption is high on many levels, from prefectures to presidency.
Violence is high but its difference between cities is also high. Just compare Rio de Janeiro and Florianópolis (watch youtube videos), you'll get extreme differences. Rio de Janeiro might be beautiful but it's a really bad place to live in my view with all those favelas and criminals.
One more thing, Rio de Janeiro has a very distinct culture compared to other parts of Brazil, very different from what media displays, the south doesn't even listen to samba, you don't hear a single samba on popular radios for example and life quality is way better, less poverty, way less violence and more good looking girls too. The list is big but let's just say it's very different.
The rest is what the writer said, it's a great place with good weather. My final note, to live in a peaceful life in Brazil, you'll have to be either very poor and doesn't care about anything or really rich, with a million at least or more, otherwise you'll face a lot of problems. Considering you can choose where to live of course because São Paulo is also a bad place.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6f9a2eab8eab303000005tTue, 11 Dec 2012 04:15:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6f9a2eab8eab303000005
I dont have anything to say about your other points....but infrastructure is rapidly improving in major cities due to the twin mega events on the horizon......football world cup and olympics.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6f8dfecad041b2a000006tTue, 11 Dec 2012 04:11:59 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6f8dfecad041b2a000006
Every countries has issues.
The real question is which countries have the least number and severity of issues.Now that would be interesting to read.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6f114eab8ea676d000029tTue, 11 Dec 2012 03:38:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6f114eab8ea676d000029
what?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6e8c5ecad042c0e00000atomsterTue, 11 Dec 2012 03:03:17 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6e8c5ecad042c0e00000a
they should come here to the US we need their productshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6e829eab8ea475a000017tomsterTue, 11 Dec 2012 03:00:41 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6e829eab8ea475a000017
The Economist is also western propaganda, another tool of the UK credit system. People are the same world over, just as corrupt in any political system or corner of the world. The main point is are you a slavecountry or are you a freecountry. Brazil is beholden to no great power.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6de2e69bedd8c6e000004bankiTue, 11 Dec 2012 02:18:06 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6de2e69bedd8c6e000004
And they are good Christians. They are not ashamed of their religion. And dont start hating them for that.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6c79d6bb3f73133000008Concerned CItizenTue, 11 Dec 2012 00:41:49 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6c79d6bb3f73133000008
Aw crap, not this Simon Black again. Hows your latest parachuting-lecturing-taking over the world going Simon?
You're a douchebag.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6b35feab8ea7d6a00002cGary AndersonMon, 10 Dec 2012 23:15:27 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6b35feab8ea7d6a00002c
Ok, so I would like to know if Brazil was successful in resisting global hot money or if the current housing bubble is a manifestation of the bubble.
News was that Brazil put capital controls on the hot money. Was that successful? If it wasn't the residents of the nations are sitting ducks.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6b2c1ecad046e2300000bRichardMon, 10 Dec 2012 23:12:49 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6b2c1ecad046e2300000b
Yes, we have many americans (Europeans as well), coming for a job, so violence and poverty do not sound like a problem to them. And men, we have a lot of violence and poverty, but nowadays, even far land with poverty and violence, seems better than a good looking, fashionable but not money making America.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6aae16bb3f7d67d000015AmitDasMon, 10 Dec 2012 22:39:13 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6aae16bb3f7d67d000015
And yet the UK has a GDP per-capita rate (nominal) that is roughly $20,000 less than Sweden.
You know Sweden, that banking juggernaut which is flush with oil.
Sweden has been beating the self-sufficiency drum for the last 200 years, no one can dictate terms to them. Plus they are armed to the gills.
The UK is the goto financial destination when you want to avoid tight regulations (EU) and can't launder your money in Bermuda or the Caymans.
BRIC countries have a solid foundation, but don't worry world, these countries want stability over anything else.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a61169bedd816a000001André Kenji De SousaMon, 10 Dec 2012 22:18:41 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a61169bedd816a000001
1-) While food is expensive Brazil will be relatively fine.
2-) Corruption is a more complicated issue. You can open a business without having to bribe a Public Official(That´s more difficult to do in Mexico and Russia), you can find cops that are not going to extort money from you.
Graft is a bigger issue than bribes.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a59969beddd462000015Booty JuiceMon, 10 Dec 2012 22:16:41 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a59969beddd462000015
This guy is a major kook. The third world hell holes he shills for will confiscate your cash/property and toss your ass in prison with no trial.
But if it gets tea baggers and doomers out of the US, I'm all for it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a43fecad04a60b000004André Kenji De SousaMon, 10 Dec 2012 22:10:55 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a43fecad04a60b000004
The most appropriate conclusion is that Brazil is the Italy of South America. You may have beautiful women, beautiful beaches, beautiful cities. You have some hi-tech industry(Embraer). On the other hand, government and public services are a mess, and the government structure is a huge risk for the future.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a32deab8eabb4a000012André Kenji De SousaMon, 10 Dec 2012 22:06:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a32deab8eabb4a000012
All parties are corrupt on a level or in another level in Brazil. I know, I saw by myself huge graft going on in a important State, that´s is governed by another party.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a2b769bedd6c5a00001aFuture Canuck.Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:04:23 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6a2b769bedd6c5a00001a
Oh boy... where do I start?
- High levels of corruption (at all levels of society, from Government to individuals, that’s part of the Brazilian culture, to try to take advantages of anyone at any cost)
- High levels of Taxation (Apart from food, Tobacco and Alcohol that are cheap is Brazil, everything is insanely expansive, any good that you buy is heavily taxed, from clothes, cars, electronics and don't even think about importing "cheap" goods from other countries, because the Gov will tax 100% of the original price. This excess of protectionism leads to higher prices and products with a very low quality, goods made in Brazil have very low quality.
- Huge Gov Bureaucracy - the government is very inefficient, it amazes me when I see Americans complaining about their "huge & wasteful" government. Brazil has taxation similar to Scandinavian countries but public services similar to Sub-Saharan African countries.
- Crappy Public Health Care system - People dying in waiting lines, excess demand from patients for a very limited supply of doctors, But if you are rich, you can afford private health insurance.
- Shameful Public education system - Society doesn't care because it’s more interesting to know what is going to happen with the national religion called Soccer and the Gov doesn't care because uneducated people are the ones that are going to elect the same corrupt politicians that promise circus and bread.
- No Public Safety - Brazil is more dangerous than Mexico, Homicide rate in Brazil is 21 and Mexico is 16. Kidnaps, Robberies, Assaults are very common and the population is already used to it and there is little that the police can do for you. Don't forget about the civil war between Drug dealers and the Police in Rio.
- Inefficient Infrastructure - As I said, very poor public services, everything is falling apart, roads, sidewalks, Ports and airports are CHAOTIC.
Also, don`t forget that any slowdown in China or in the U.S. would have a significant impact over the Brazilian economy, since China import many natural resources that will end up as final goods in Americans stores. But people will argue that Brazil was able to recover faster than the US during the last crises, but this was only possible because of the Gov fiscal policy. Now the Gov reached its limits to try to artificially grow the economy without increasing even more Inflation. That`s why the country is now barely growing 1% this year.
But, who cares about quality of life when you live in a country that it is truly "independent" from the rest of the world right? Who really cares when you have beaches, Tropical Weathers and Carnival?
Well, I care and that's why I living in Canada with wonderful winters of -40 C.
I also would like to say that Brazil has a huge potential to become a global superpower, since it has large quantities of natural resources, Oil, cheap electricity (Hydro). Huge potential for solar and wind energy. Enough land to plant anything to feed the world. Too bad that it will never happen because first, the Brazilian culture will never allow to happen, second because it is very bad administrate and third because it is using most of its resources inefficiently
But, well, that`s just my opinion.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69dccecad043c7d000017vietcongMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:43:24 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69dccecad043c7d000017
Arrive in Brazil with money and a few years later leave with EXPERIENCE !!! Brazil is hell disguised as paradise..... bovespa heading back down to 10000 pts....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69c6aeab8ea0339000020WHRMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:37:30 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69c6aeab8ea0339000020
Gary, please, please, put your tin foil hat on. The messages from the skies are disruptivehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69bb269bedd1d4f00000eBatmanMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:34:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69bb269bedd1d4f00000e
I first visited Brazil in '84 and have been living in Brazil, in one form or another, during the past 21 years. I now spend my time between Brazil and Miami. Yes, the women are the hottest and they're actually sincere. However, living in Brazil is a nightmare, even for the rich. Doing business in Brazil is a double nightmare, as the government complicates everything. I often fear that the US may become like Brazil, with an out of control government. The government (Federal, State and local) complicates your life in Brazil in ways an American can't even begin to imagine. Add to all that a really high cost of living in the cities (higher than in Manhattan), along with massively high violent crime rates and you start to get the picture...90% of the Brazilians I know (middle or upper class) dream about moving to Miami.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69b846bb3f7046200000ehaywoodmatthewsMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:33:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69b846bb3f7046200000e
sign me up. those brazilians seem cool. POWERBALL or MEGA MILLIONS call my name !http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69b146bb3f74e66000003GreggMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:31:48 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69b146bb3f74e66000003
Add a comment...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69a6069bedd6e4c00000aVenomMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:28:48 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69a6069bedd6e4c00000a
So, move to Brazil? You don't have to tell me twice. Good economy, hot women, great weather, hot women....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6983969bedd3541000020BewareMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:19:37 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6983969bedd3541000020
Don't come to Brazil! We have ugly woman, snow all year long, few beaches that are here are filled with sharp stones, meals are very expensive and they taste bad, here are no plants at all and all green things you see on postcards are fake plastic plants, people are mean and in the lottery Mega Sena you can win at most 3 Reais at odds 1:500000000. Beware, don't come !http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69654eab8ea6e36000002VB3Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:11:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69654eab8ea6e36000002
But the sunny weather compensates it all.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c695bcecad04126c000011kramhMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:09:00 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c695bcecad04126c000011
In South America most feel that the most beautiful women come from Cali, Columbia. I was lucky enough to marry one many years ago and she stills looks great ! She looks a least 20 years younger than she is.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6949a69bedd9141000001ELiTMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:04:10 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6949a69bedd9141000001
In case some of u didn't know, their are companies take armor your civilian vehicle so you wont get mugged in traffic jams or lights...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c693f9ecad04b869000014ELiTMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:01:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c693f9ecad04b869000014
Agree with Papa...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69308ecad040e6c000006XXMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:57:28 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69308ecad040e6c000006
In fact it isn't. And I'm brazilian too.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69022ecad04b667000002MarceloMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:45:06 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c69022ecad04b667000002
I'm sorry. I'm brazilian and this article is far from reality.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68f4969bedd9b2b000026Elanaine SantanaMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:41:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68f4969bedd9b2b000026
Okay, now go try to sell some real estate.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68e40eab8eafb1a000015Thais NahasMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:37:04 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68e40eab8eafb1a000015
And I'm truly sad about some unfortunate comments... maybe that's one of the reasons why your countries are in serious economic problems - lack of knowledge about the reality and potential of the rest of the world.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68df8eab8ea5c1b000027PapaSwampMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:35:52 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68df8eab8ea5c1b000027
...sorry Simon..Brazil has a serious violent crime and corruption issue...not knowing or saying that means either you dont know or Brazil paid you some $$ to make them look pretty....but yea the ladies are smokin.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68aa469beddd328000003Elanaine SantanaMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:21:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68aa469beddd328000003
You're not even American, your arguments are typical from a member from the corrupt Workers Party.
If you are the author of this article using a fake, than you are saying that because you are anti-american who deserved to be arrested for treason. But you say that because they must be paying you very well to do the dirty job.
Have you read the Economist? In what planet are you living in?
Did you know there's a housing bubble in Brazil? Have you ever analysed the government's data?
So the USA is more corrupt than Brazil now? Have you ever been to Brazil at least?
Have you read about the last corruption scandals, bigger than Watergate?
Have you seen that over 50,000 brazilians are murdered?
Have you noticed buses are being burned by criminals daily in this country? This Sunday, even two passengers were killed because they had no time to leave before criminals set fire on it.
By the way, supporting this corrupt administration that rules Brazil is supporting the international terrorism that harms the world, it's supporting the drug trade, it's supporting Iran, Cuba etchttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68a7aeab8ea491600000eK from BrasilMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:20:58 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68a7aeab8ea491600000e
Greetings from Brasil!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68864ecad04395400000aalan1Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:12:04 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c68864ecad04395400000a
they said it in europe and ill repeat it here that the us is going down because we now have a very large uneducated gimme society and getting bigger that now VOTES /http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6868e69beddce1d00000eRealistMeMon, 10 Dec 2012 20:04:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6868e69beddce1d00000e
The article has merit. The rest of the world IS moving away from dependence on the US dollar, it's becoming increasingly dangerous to be allied with us, our system is beyond bloated/corrupt/overly-complicated, our citizens want whatever politician is promising the most, we're entertained by trash, our food is fake engineered trash, our products are trash, and we're losing more and more freedoms each time congress votes on a law.
The only people still selling American exceptionalism are American politicians and the only people buying the lie are those who are asleep.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6813ceab8ea3804000007Elanaine SantanaMon, 10 Dec 2012 19:41:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6813ceab8ea3804000007
LIAR!! This article is a scam!
Mr. Simon Black, how much did you receive in sloot funds from the corrupt brazilian government to write this article?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c67fc5ecad044547000010jack1000Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:35:17 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c67fc5ecad044547000010
One might have to invade Brazil as it could start producing nuclear weapons.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c67fb569bedd4807000011smartone1Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:35:01 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c67fb569bedd4807000011
I guess the author has never been in mid town NYC stores like B and H and the Gap are FILLED with Brazilian tourist buying up the stores because of the high tarriffs and huge appetites for american products (well made in china)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c67d35eab8eaad7b000005TEPMon, 10 Dec 2012 19:24:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c67d35eab8eaad7b000005
I've been to Brazil; I've lived in Brazil; I've done lots of business in Brazil. Yeah, the women are hot to trot, but you'd better have your fanny covered biz-wise 100% of the time. Their legal system makes ours look like flying the space shuttle compared to a tricycle. And they got tons of lawyers who figure 8 ways to Sunday how to screw the gringo. Judges there routinely get assassinated if they piss off the wrong litigants; check out all the unsolved murders in Brazil...and not just in the favelas. Know the fuck who you're doing biz and then know them some more.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6775aecad04463a000001commenter123Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:59:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6775aecad04463a000001
That keeps the men self sufficient and satisfied.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c676066bb3f7a718000021Brazil has sexy women, America has fat slobsMon, 10 Dec 2012 18:53:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c676066bb3f7a718000021
The women in Brazil truly crave men, especially American men. Their blood is on fire.
The women in America crave pointless reality TV shows and are all unhappy. I think something like 75% of women in America cheat on their husbands. They are a joke.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6750d6bb3f7b91a000047America, land of the con menMon, 10 Dec 2012 18:49:33 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6750d6bb3f7b91a000047
I usually do not agree with this authors articles, but he is spot on with this one. America is declining, and the only ones that don't see it are the Americans themselves.
America is full of cheap junk. Go to any big box store or retail chain and crap litters the stores. Everything you buy these days breaks after one or two uses. It's the great American con system. Fraud warranties, fraud return policies, and fraud claims that never pan out. Every other food product sold is supposedly "Heart Healthy." The land of the con is coming to an end.
As for Brazil, this is why I am learning Portuguese. I plan on getting the hell out of this hell hole called American. I live 20 minutes from the beaches on Long Island, and you need all these parking permits to park, and all these picture ID's to show you are a resident just to step on the beach. It's a complete joke. Add to this all the red light camera's on the way there, and your $100 in the hole before you even step on sand. Classic American con job at it's best.
I've had enough. I'm just picking up and leaving with my Brazilian wife. I've been to Brazil numerous times. The place is great and the woman actually want men, unlike America where they mostly despise men.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c674df69bedd116d000019michaelnzMon, 10 Dec 2012 18:48:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c674df69bedd116d000019
Hi Simon,
Talk to your colleague Jo about the centre of the universe.
Anyway good to see diversity at BI.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c671be6bb3f7ba18000006Paul JohnsonMon, 10 Dec 2012 18:35:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c671be6bb3f7ba18000006
Now we have to have travelogues about the BRICs as a new disguise for opinion pieces about how we shouldn't raise taxes on the 1%?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c66ddbeab8ea455d000012head just explodedMon, 10 Dec 2012 18:18:51 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c66ddbeab8ea455d000012
what do you MEAN the US isn't the centre of the universe ? it can't be possiblehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c664ec6bb3f7117f000001Printus MaximusMon, 10 Dec 2012 17:40:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c664ec6bb3f7117f000001
Apparently an ex-Golmanite is not in charge of their Central Bank.
That will be corrected shortly.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6605fecad04be0c000017Gary AndersonMon, 10 Dec 2012 17:21:19 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c6605fecad04be0c000017
This article has merit. But the US and the UK are the global financial center of the universe. And the UK wags the US. Ask Jamie Dimon.
This is also why the UK and US split over Israel could get interesting.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c65f406bb3f7f271000028Free John CorzineMon, 10 Dec 2012 17:16:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c65f406bb3f7f271000028
And they have the hottest women on the planet toohttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c65e7969beddf139000021heinrich Von KleistMon, 10 Dec 2012 17:13:13 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c65e7969beddf139000021
Climate Change will take care of Brazil.